Umzamba River Mouth Caves (Cretaceous of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.1° S, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° S, 15.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Umzamba Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• JA: apparently poorly lithified because (1) specimens were collected from "walls and ceilings" of caves; (2) figured specimens retain matrix; and (3) other outcrops "are hard and [their] fossils are difficult to extract"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. Kiel and K. Bandel. 2003. New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian-Campanian, South Africa) based on newly collected material. Cretaceous Research 24:449-475 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47109: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 08.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
"Iravadia (Pseudonoba) ponderi n. sp." = Camponaxis ponderi
"Iravadia (Pseudonoba) ponderi n. sp." = Camponaxis ponderi Kiel and Bandel 2003 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Trochactaeon woodsi
Trochactaeon woodsi Rennie 1930 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana (Eriptychia) perampla, Ringicula woodsi, Ringicula sp.
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Microgaza bailyi
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella griesbachi n. sp.
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
? Cylichna cf. incisa
? Cylichna cf. incisa Stephenson 1941 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Spirocolpus meadii, Archimediella bonei
Spirocolpus meadii turret shell
Archimediella bonei turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Tympanotonos (Exechocirsus) sp." = Exechocirsus
"Tympanotonos (Exechocirsus) sp." = Exechocirsus Cossmann 1906 horn snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Blackdownia acuticarinata, Blackdownia kollmanni n. sp.
Blackdownia kollmanni n. sp. snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea" primogenita n. sp.
"Calyptraea" primogenita n. sp. slipper shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
? Ampullina multistriata
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala ornata
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes (Dockeryella) renniei n. sp., Gyrodes (Sohlella) woodsi n. sp.
Gyrodes (Sohlella) woodsi n. sp. moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Lysis capensis
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus umzambiensis, ? Anomalofusus sp., ? Boltenella africana n. sp., ? Boltenella sp., Paleopsephaea scalaris, ? Paleopsephaea compacta n. sp.
? Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail
? Boltenella africana n. sp. snail
? Boltenella sp. Wade 1917 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus (Deussenia) pseudorigida, Pyrifusus (Deussenia) rigida
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis africana
Pyropsis africana Woods 1906 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Muteluma convexa n. gen. n. sp.
Muteluma convexa n. gen. n. sp. turrid
 Neogastropoda -
Schizofusus transkeiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Schizofusus transkeiensis n. gen. n. sp. snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum capensis
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Trophon umzambiensis n. sp.
? Trophon umzambiensis n. sp. murex snail
 Neogastropoda -
Beisselia kaffraria
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea (Taieria) klingeri n. sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
""Cypraea" capensis" = Sycodes capensis
""Cypraea" capensis" = Sycodes capensis Rennie 1930 fig shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Trajanellidae
Trajanella dutoiti
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sutherlandii